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('alifornia and Hon. Peter '. Meldrim of Savannah, Ga.
Missouri-—The Mis‘ouri Bar Asso
at Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 5-6. subject was “Courts of Review."
His
Virginia. —— The twenty-third annual
ciation held its twenty-ninth annual
meeting of the Virginia State Bar Asso
meeting at Kansas City, Sept. 22~23.
ciation was held at Hot Springs, Va,
The annual address was read by J. J. Vineyard, the president, followed by a paper on "Artificiality of the Law of
The president’s address. Aug. 8-10. delivered by Judge George L. Christian. was a biographical study of Chief Jus
Evidence," by Simeon E. Baldwin. “Ex perience in the Appellate Courts of Eng
tice Taney.
land" was discussed by Dean John D.
Lawson of the Missouri Law School. Former Attorney-General R. F. Walker spoke on "The New Federal Code."
Othe' speakers were Governor Hadley and Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis. Workmen's Compensation re ceived considerable discussion, P. W. Meldrim making an address on “Employ ers' Liability and Vorkmen’s Compen sation Acts." The following ofiicers
Other papers were “Cen
tralization against Decentralization." Prof. Raleigh C. Minor; “The Life and
Character of Lord Brougham," Judge A. W. Wallace; “Abolition of Jury Trials in Civil Cases," Valter H. Taylor; and "A Permanent International Court." Helm Bruce. The question of expert testimony
was
discussed
at
some
length and the bill submitted by Mr. Whitehead at the 1910 meeting of the Association was recommended for pas
Louis, president; Judge James E. Good
sage. These officers were elected : Presi dent, J. F. Bullitt of Big Stone Gap; ice presidents, A. R. Long of Lynchburg;
rich, Kansas City, vice-president; John
J. S. Harnsberger of Harrisonburg;E.
Schaich, Kansas City, secretary; E. M. Grossman, St. Louis, treasurer.
Chambers Goode of Mecklenburg county; A. S. Higginbotham of Tazewell
were elected:—-Morton Jourdan, St.
and Hugh “7. Davis of Norfolk. Nevada. —— The Nevada State Bar Association was organized at a meeting held in Reno, Nev., Sept. 23. The offi cers elected were: Hugh H. Brown of Tonopah, president; Judge A. E. Che ney of Reno and Charles B. Henderson of Elko, vice-presidents; Robert Rich ards of Reno, secretary; and Judge George S. Brown of Reno, treasurer. With the organization of this body, Wyoming now stands alone as the only state in the Union without a bar associa tion.
Washingt0n.—The Washington Bar Association held its annual meeting at Spokane, July 27-29.
‘The papers on
the program included “The Delays of Courts," Justice Stephen J. Chadwick of the Supreme Court; “A Visit to the
Carter, of the Supreme Court of Illinois, was the chief speaker at the meeting of
Courts of Germany," F. H. Peterson, Seattle; “State and Federal Conserva tion," Russell L. Dunn, San Francisco; “Facts in the Case," Federal District Judge FrankS. Dietrich of Idaho; “The Recall of Judges," T. J. Walsh, Helena. The following officers were elected: W. T. Dovell of Seattle, president; C. Will Shafer of Olympia, secretary; Arthur Remington of Olympia, treas
the North Dakota Bar Association, held
urer.
North Dakota. —~ Chief Justice Orrin
